The Kennedy Center

Even the woke media in DC are admitting that this list is fantastic.

We proved the critics wrong - commonsense programming is popular. https://t.co/TYmLEIiEbw

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 13, 2025

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•Gloria Gaynor (@GloriaGaynor) •Kiss ( @Kiss )

Congratulations to our 48th Class!

.@POTUS at the Kennedy Center pic.twitter.com/sKlOMQxwbO

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 13, 2025

President @realDonaldTrump tours the Kennedy Center to discuss renovations 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/pIhnw4pcCZ

— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) August 13, 2025

We need reporters & outlets willing to do real journalism.
You know, where you ask BASIC questions to find the facts?@THR’s @TonyMaglio writes an entire piece wondering what it would take to get Ben Folds to come back to the Kennedy Center - but fails to get the Kennedy… pic.twitter.com/xYzGBnttaB

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 13, 2025

… Center’s view.

So let’s help The Hollywood Reporter with some facts:

Ben Folds was a disastrous artistic director. He would have been fired if he had stayed 1 day under my leadership.

He was paid $200k by the people before me to do a total of 3 shows - and all 3 shows netted $35k in total, BEFORE he was paid.

So he can never return to the Kennedy Center under my tenure because his ideas are not supported by the market. In fact, he’s been rejected by the community - he couldn’t sell tickets or get sponsors.

When @THR fails to require that their reporters understand the financial decisions Arts Institutions have to make, they show how worthless their content is.